The GNU/Linux random(3) manpage says explicitly: > The random() function returns a value between > 0 and RAND_MAX
The same is said in GNU libc docs (info libc "BSD Random"): > This section describes a set of random number > generation functions that are derived from BSD. > There is no advantage to using these functions > with the GNU C library; we support them for BSD > compatibility only. ... > The value returned ranges from `0' to > `RAND_MAX'. This doesn't contradict HP-UX, Tru64, Solaris, BSD and SUS/XPG, because RAND_MAX on GNU/Linux is defined as 2^31-1: > /usr/include/stdlib.h:#define RAND_MAX 2147483647 Probably, we should use RAND_MAX on GNU (both Linux and Hurd), and 0x7fffffff on all other systems? -- With best regards, xrgtn
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